Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

He would try to defend Xianjin Station, as it was an important supply point, but the colonial rebels should still be eliminated.

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"Father, Xianjin Post Station has been breached. What should we do now?"

Looking anxiously at the burning street, Ayame asked her father, Yoshikazuki Kensho.

Jianjiang looked at Xianjin Post Station, which was already close to destruction, shook his head and said, "It's probably going to be very difficult to defend here."

Just then, everyone here saw a rescue helicopter flying overhead.

"By the way, could we ask Lord Isaac to come and help us?" Ayame suddenly asked.

Amestoris's army has been in a one-sided situation in the war against the Kabane. If he were willing to come and eliminate the Kabane at Xianjin Station, then there would be no need for this place to be destroyed.

Before Jianjiang could speak, Wuming, who was originally there, said, "Don't even think about it, you can't get him to come."

"Huh?"

“You are not citizens of Amestoris, and knowing that guy as I do, he won’t come here specifically to clear up the problems for you,” Wuming said calmly.

"You mean... he'll watch Xianjin Post Station be destroyed?" Changpu asked incredulously.

“That’s unlikely. This is a coastal city after all, and he will probably still hold it.” Wuming glanced at Changpu and said, “But his focus will be on clearing out the Kabane, not on covering the retreat of the people here.”

The nameless man had made his point clear: Isaac would come to destroy the Kabane, but he wouldn't deliberately protect the people here.

"So what should we do now?"

“Two options.” Wuming held up two fingers. “The first is for you to find a Juncheng and escape from here. The second is to hide in Isaac and bring his army here.”

After everyone heard this, they all turned their attention to Jianjiang, who was the lord of Xianjin Post Station, and it was up to him to make the decision.

Looking at the chaotic Kenjin Post Station, Kensho seemed to have made a decision. He mounted a horse and said to the people behind him, "Since the Iron Fortress is here, I'll go there first."

"What!?" Changpu looked at her father in shock. "Are you going to abandon Xianjin Post Station? Perhaps we can wait until Lord Isaac..."

"There's no time left. By the time he arrives, Xianjinyi might not be there anymore."

Jian Jiang couldn't be sure if Isaac would be able to arrive in time. If the Kabane swallowed up the entire Xianjin Post before he arrived, then all his waiting would have been in vain.

Many people shared his thoughts and fled towards the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress with Kensho.

"How could they do this..." Changpu couldn't accept their actions.

"What do you plan to do? Go to the Iron Fortress with them? Or stay here?" Mumei asked Ayame casually, watching the people in front of her begin to run away.

"I...I still want to follow Father." Ayame gritted her teeth and made her decision. "Isn't Miss Wuming coming with us?"

“Me? I came here to get to Jin Gang Guo, so I’ll definitely be coming with you.” Wuming continued, looking at the streets filled with Kabane. “But don’t worry, there won’t be any danger here in a little while.”

Changpu looked at Wuming in surprise and asked in a low voice, "Miss Wuming, do you... trust Lord Isaac a lot?"

“Well, at least he’s never disappointed in this kind of thing,” Wuming said with a smile.

It was at this moment that everyone at Xianjin Station, including them, saw armed helicopters streaking across the sky in the firelight, unleashing a frenzied massacre on the Kabane on the ground with machine guns and missiles.

Chapter 421: Who's in favor, who's opposed?

Armed helicopters strafed the ground from the sky, and hundreds of tanks drove into Xianjin Station to wipe out the Kabane who were trying to rush up.

Isaac sat in a helicopter, speaking into a megaphone over the entire Xianjin Station.

"Everyone, take cover in the nearby houses and lock the doors and windows. We'll take care of the Kabane."

The unexpected aid calmed the panicked citizens, who saw Isaac as their last hope.

After the arrival of the main force, the Kabane who had been ravaging Xianjin Station were wiped out.

The number of Kabane attacking Xianjinyi was probably in the thousands, but this number was far from enough to deter Amestolis's army.

As they advanced, the road was littered with countless Kabane corpses, and Isaac and the others arrived at the large hole that Juncheng had smashed open.

"You all move aside."

Isaac jumped out of the helicopter, and the anti-gravity material in his right foot activated, suspending him in the air.

He slammed his hands on the wall, and blue lightning flashed across the night sky. The hole in the city wall began to heal rapidly until it was completely repaired.

This scene made all the citizens who witnessed it revere him as a god, and some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

“Now turn back and eliminate any remaining fugitives,” Isaac said slowly as he landed on the ground.

……

After a series of measures, almost all the remaining Kabane were wiped out. Only a few lone individuals remained, but they were all killed by Isaac and his group.

"Lieutenant General, you should all know by now."

"Pretty much, but those who get bitten will turn into Kabane, so let's do another round of inspections," Isaac said.

The fires in the streets were eventually extinguished, and moonlight bathed the city, which was ravaged by the attack.

"Please! At least spare my daughter!"

Just then, a voice reached Isaac's ears.

Looking towards the sound, a samurai carrying a steam gun was aiming at the father and daughter inside the house with a look of terror on his face.

The father held his daughter tightly. He had a wound on his hand, but it wasn't from being bitten; it was from being cut by a sharp object.

He loudly protested that he hadn't been bitten and begged the samurai to spare him, but the fearful samurai would eliminate anyone who posed a threat to him.

"No, I must destroy you before you become Kabane!" the samurai roared, seemingly trying to ward off his fear with his shout, and at the same time he pulled the trigger.

Bang!

The lead bullet bounced off, and Isaac happened to be standing in front of the father and daughter.

"Put down your gun."

"but……"

boom!

The warrior had a bloody hole in his forehead and slowly collapsed to the ground.

It wasn't Isaac who fired the shot; his marksmanship wasn't that accurate. The one who actually fired was the soldier who had been following Isaac.

After firing, the soldier slung his rifle over his shoulder and saluted Isaac to indicate that the mission was complete.

"I apologize, Lieutenant General, for taking action without authorization."

"It's alright, you did a great job, I'll give you credit for that," Isaac said with a smile.

On the way back, Isaac told the soldiers that if any of the Japanese soldiers did not lay down their weapons when given the order to do so, they should be executed on the spot without further explanation.

Along the way, Isaac had already killed several warriors.

“Lieutenant General, I don’t think this is a solution,” the soldier said hesitantly. “I think we should prohibit samurai from carrying weapons here, just like in the previous region.”

“Not just here, I need to go back to Kongo now and issue a decree that prohibits all Japanese citizens from carrying weapons on the streets,” Isaac said.

As the soldier said, this couldn't go on.

After being reorganized and cleaned up overnight, Xianjin Post Station was saved.

That night, everyone in Xianjinyi started a celebration, reveling in their survival.

the other side.

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the next day.

Isaac used the loudspeaker to notify all the warriors of Xianjin Station to gather in the center of the square.

A large number of warriors, numbering around five thousand, had gathered in the square.

It's worth mentioning that after a whole night, Isaac couldn't find the lord of this place, the one named Yomogawa Kensho, anywhere, and didn't know where he had gone.

"Lord Isaac, is there any reason you have summoned us here?" asked the leading warrior.

This samurai was a retainer of the Yomogawa family. Now that the head of the family and the chief retainer are nowhere to be found, he has become the highest-ranking samurai here.

He looked at Isaac on the stage, feeling a little nervous.

“Here’s the thing, I’m going to issue a decree today,” Isaac said. “From this day forward, no one is allowed to carry weapons in the streets, including steam guns and knives.”

"What did you say?!" The warrior looked at Isaac in disbelief.

The samurai below the stage also began to stir.

"Without weapons, how are we supposed to protect civilians?!"

That's exactly what I meant!

Isaac was also amazed by their shamelessness.

“Next, I will select a sheriff for Xianjin Post from among all the residents and have them armed to protect the citizens,” Isaac said.

"Are you kidding me!"

"Are you going to select this sheriff from among the common people?"

"Bring out Lord Yoshikawa! He is the rightful lord of this place."

Several warriors below the stage began to shout, and the scene became quite noisy.

boom!

Isaac picked up his pistol and fired a shot into the air, which silenced them.

"I reiterate, we are the current masters of this country. You only need to obey my words and do not need to have any objections," Isaac said sternly.

These words drew angry stares from almost all the warriors in the audience, but seeing the neatly arranged soldiers behind Isaac, their submachine guns, and the tanks, they all swallowed their anger.

Isaac suddenly laughed strangely: "But I am a democratic person. If the majority of you are not willing to lay down your weapons, then stand in that big circle over there. Those who agree, stand where you are. I will count the number of people."

The warriors then looked to the side and saw a large circle next to the plaza, with patterns they had never seen before painted inside.

Without much thought, they all rushed towards the circle. Within minutes, only a handful of warriors remained in place; the rest had entered the circle Isaac had drawn.

“Well, it seems there are quite a few people opposing the bill,” Isaac said with a smile, walking slowly toward them.

Isaac's smile sent a chill down the spines of the warriors standing in the large circle.

Chapter 422: Equality